Key Developments: Achieved 30th consecutive year of record sales and profits; 440 new stores this fiscal year.What's Next: Push to fill 90-day maintenance medication prescriptions at retail stores, not by mandatory...
Supermarkets are challenged to win true shopper loyalty with programs that deliver real value for their best customers.Jim Hertel, senior vice president, Willard Bishop Consulting, Chicago, said supermarkets need to...
BURLINGTON, Mass. (FNS) -- Boston's suburbs saw a 7.5% increase in the number of supermarkets from 1997 to 2002, according to a study by Finard & Co., a commercial real estate firm here. The study also describes...
NATICK, Mass. (FNS) -- BJ's Wholesale Club said it has been pleased with the initial results from its testing of in-store pharmacies.When the chain entered the Atlanta market with three warehouse clubs in early May...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Are consumers opting for other retail formats for products they used to buy at supermarkets?SN talked to shoppers at a Stop & Shop Supermarket here to see if their shopping patterns have changed...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (FNS) -- How are supermarket shoppers reacting to the combination of a slowing economy and continuing terrorist threat?SN recently interviewed shoppers at a Super Stop & Shop in Framingham, a town of...
CHICAGO (FNS) -- Online promotions can reduce costs, extend the reach of traditional promotions and help target customers in the store, according to Robert Rubin, research director for Forrester Research, Cambridge...
CHICAGO (FNS) -- The rise in "nutraceuticals," snacking as meal replacement, and consumers' cravings for status products, social products and entertainment may all impact the future role of candy, consultants told the...
CHICAGO (FNS) -- Candy sales topped $23 billion in 2000, and the industry recently celebrated its strong growth with the National Confectioners Association's largest All Candy Expo to date.In its fifth year of...
MINNEAPOLIS (FNS) -- Target Corp. here said last week that SuperTarget, its supermarket-discount store combination, will be the company's "preferred" store format from now on, wherever space permits.Robert J. Ulrich...